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delta delta KERRIE DAVIES A Sue Hines Book Allen & Unwin The author is donating a share of the royalties from this book to theAustralian Red Cross and to theAids TrustofAustralia. Firstpublishedin2005 Copyrighttext©KerrieDavies2005 Copyrightphotographs©individualphotographers Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedor transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechani- cal, including photocopying, recording or by any information storageandretrievalsystem,withoutpriorpermissioninwriting from the publisher.The Australian CopyrightAct 1968 (theAct) allowsamaximumofonechapteror10%ofthisbook,whichever isthegreater,tobephotocopiedbyanyeducationalinstitutionfor itseducationalpurposesprovidedthattheeducationalinstitu- tion(orbodythatadministersit)hasgivenaremunerationnotice toCopyrightAgencyLimited(CAL)undertheAct. ASueHinesBook Allen&Unwin 83AlexanderStreet CrowsNestNSW2065 Australia Phone:(612)84250100 Fax:(612)99062218 Email:[email protected] Web:www.allenandunwin.com NationalLibraryofAustralia Cataloguing-in-Publicationentry: Davies,Kerrie,1972-. Delta. ISBN1741145481. 1.Goodrem,Delta. 2.Womensingers–Australia–Biogra- phy. 3.Televisionactorsandactresses–Australia– Biography. I.Title. 782.42164092 CoverandtextdesignbyNadaBackovic TypesettingbyPaulineHaas EditedbyJenniferCastles PrintedinAustraliabyMcPherson’sPrintingGroup 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Chapter1 Bring It On 3 Chapter2 Born toTry 9 Chapter3 Believe in Me 25 Chapter4 Everybody Needs Neighbours 43 Chapter5 Not Me,Not I 61 Chapter6 Fame 81 Chapter7 Extraordinary Day 99 Chapter8 LostWithoutYou 117 Chapter9 Out of the Blue 137 Chapter 10 Lea and Delta 151 Chapter11 HatingAlisonAshley 171 Chapter 12 The Love Rat 189 Chapter 13 Back in the Limelight 201 Chapter14 America 215 Acknowledgements 234 PictureCredits 234 Delta V#3 black 17-2-05 17/2/05 3:53 PM Page 2 “I am living the dream I’ve wanted a little girl.” since I was Delta Delta V#3 black 17-2-05 17/2/05 3:53 PM Page 3 1 C H A P T E R B r i n g I t O n Delta V#3 black 17-2-05 17/2/05 3:53 PM Page 4 DELTA On a sweltering summer’s evening, 20,000 people sprawled on the grass outside Parliament House in Federation Mall, Canberra to celebrate‘Christmas in the Capital’. Some of the biggest names inAustralian pop music were per- forming at the outdoor concert,but there was one girl everyone was waiting for as the sun set.Children wearing glow-in-the-dark antlers strained on their parents’ shoulders,cooled by Parliament House sprinklers that had gently been turned on earlier in the evening torelieve the unrelenting heat. When she appeared on the stage,an adoring roar floated into thesky.Shesmiledandwaved,thensettledattheantiqueGerman piano and fidgeted with her stiletto shoes.Behind her,Parliament House was eerily lit up with garish images of moons and rain- forests,but she didn’t need the adornment.Unlike earlier artists, Deltacommandedtheaudience’sattentionwithjustherpresence. There was silence for a moment,a feeling of anticipation and admiration for the teenager whose gutsy ballads had entranced Australia.Elegant and classy,eighteen-year-old Delta was dressed in a sparkling,sophisticated black halter-neck for the Christmas performance.Shiny black earrings dangled from her ears as she bent over the piano.Her hair was groomed straight,her make-up perfect,hervoice powerful and clear. Delta had the No.1 single in the country,was aTV star and a teenidol.AsshesangherhitBornToTry,thecrowddreamilywaved along. Then Delta sang some traditional Christmas carols like Silent Night. The applause and screams for Delta were still filtering through to backstage when fan RachaelWard slipped around the door to meet with Delta and get her autograph.Rachael’s mother, 4 Delta V#3 black 17-2-05 17/2/05 3:53 PM Page 5 “ all ” It’s good. Delta Delta V#3 black 17-2-05 17/2/05 3:53 PM Page 6 DELTA Julie Ward, had produced the concert and Rachael had been waiting all night for herchance to meet the performer. But as she approached Delta and her mother Lea, she was amazed to see a very different person to the composed,confident star she had seen on stage earlier that night.The singer was dis- traughtandbeingcomfortedbyLea.Shehadmissedthehighnote inSilent Night,and couldn’t forgive herself. ‘Shewassittingwithhermumatatableandallupsetbecause of missing the note,’ recalls Rachael.‘I told her not to worry,she was my favourite singer by far.She said I was an angel,and very sweet.One day Iwant to be a singer,just like her.She ismy idol.’ The shy fan,with modest words of reassurance to her crest- fallen idol,had just seen the public and private worlds of Delta Goodrem collide. InpublicDelta’slifeis,toquoteoneofherfavouritesayings,‘all good’.Sincereleasing BornToTry threedaysbeforehereighteenth birthday,DeltahasbecomeoneofAustralia’sbiggestsellingartists. HerdebutalbumInnocentEyessold2.5millioncopiesandhasgone platinum fourteen times. Her second album, Mistaken Identity, debutedtripleplatinum.TodateshehashadeightconsecutiveNo.1 releases.She has won a record-breaking sevenARIA awards,aTV Logie award and been nominated for a Gold Logie,Australia’s top people’s choice award.She will take to the road for her first-ever nationaltour—the‘VisualiseTour’—inJuly2005.Withthepow- erful record company,Sony,behind her,Delta is taking on the US market.SheownsaluxurySydneyapartmentinthesamebuilding asRussellCrowe,andisacelebrityinEuropethroughherTVrolein Neighbours,herchartsuccess,herill-fatedlovematchwithtennis starMarkPhilippoussisandherromancewithBrianMcFadden. 6
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